alloy vs copper-base alloy

copper-base alloy vs alloy

alloy and copper-base alloy both are nouns.

alloy is a verb but copper-base alloy is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alloy	Yes	No	Yes	No
copper-base alloy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, copper-base alloy is a hyponym of alloy; that is, copper-base alloy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than alloy:

alloy: a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
copper-base alloy: any alloy whose principal component is copper

Other hyponyms of alloy include heavy metal, 18-karat gold, 22-karat gold, oreide, oroide, Alnico, amalgam, dental amalgam, fusible metal, electrum, pewter, pinchbeck, pot metal, solder, white gold, type metal, bearing metal, white metal, babbitt, Babbitt metal, Britannia metal, Carboloy, steel, cheoplastic metal, dental gold, Duralumin, Inconel, Invar, nickel-base alloy, nickel alloy, German silver, nickel silver, pyrophoric alloy, shot metal, Stellite, sterling silver, tambac, tombac, tombak, Wood's alloy, Wood's metal.

alloy (noun)	copper-base alloy (noun)
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something	any alloy whose principal component is copper
a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten

alloy (verb)	copper-base alloy (verb)
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
make an alloy of

Difference between alloy and copper-base alloy

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